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  The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet           

  It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

  

  NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

   While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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  • Location of Offshore Wind Zone Doesn’t ‘Pass the Pub Test’

    While industry is moving full steam ahead with plans for offshore wind development off Port Stephens, the local fishing community still hold grave concerns over the Read More »

  • Former NOAA Director Back at Oregon State University

    “I’m immensely proud of what we were able to accomplish during the four years I was at NOAA. I return to OSU with new insights, contacts Read More »

  • Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an injured fisherman from F/V Jerilyn 92 miles southeast of Sitka,

    Coast Guard 17th District Command Center watchstanders received a request for the medevac from the master of the Jerilyn Monday morning stating the fisherman had been injured while Read More »

  • Plunging sardine numbers and a Pew Study spark quick management response?

    Fisheries managers have shut down this summer’s West Coast commercial sardine fishing season that begins in July, and this Tuesday, April 14, were considering an emergency Read More »

  • The Salem News Our view: NOAA leaders should extend cod rules

    It’s too early to gauge the legitimacy of the latest NOAA science and assessment of the Gulf of Maine cod stocks.,,,But given that the latest assessments Read More »
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    First Lawsuit Over Whales and Wind Dismissed

    A federal district judge in Massachusetts has rejected an effort to stop an offshore wind project near Nantucket Island on the basis of danger to whales, apparently Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs fisherman from F/V Ursula off Port O’Connor, Texas – Video

    The captain of the commercial fishing boat Ursula made a distress call to Sector Corpus Christi Command Center at approximately 8 a.m., saying one of his Read More »

  • New Jersey hits pause on an offshore wind farm that can’t find turbine blades

    New Jersey hit the pause button Wednesday on an offshore wind energy project that is having a hard time finding someone to manufacture blades for its Read More »
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    Crew safe after fire onboard Ocean Choice vessel

    A fire broke out and was contained onboard a fishing vessel Wednesday afternoon, with all crew safe and accounted for, according to Canadian seafood company Ocean Read More »
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    Russian fisherman shares pics of nightmare creatures from the depths

    A Russian fisherman has found Internet fame by posting photos of all the weird and horrifying creatures he finds on his travels near the Arctic. Roman Read More »
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    Morganza opening may drown the livelihoods of thousands of Gulf fishermen

    Louisiana Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is supporting a Gulf-wide coalition that wants FEMA to declare a state of emergency specific to Gulf seafood and its related Read More »

  • Marine Life Reacts Faster to Warming Than Land Species

    Species that depend on the sea are reacting more quickly to global warming than land-based life, according to a study in scientific journal Nature Climate  Change, Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 95′ Ocean Marine Scalloper/Shrimper, 3412 Cat

    To review specifications, information, and 47 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:34 Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42’x16′ Novi Lobster Boat with Traps and Permits

    To review specifications, information, and 35 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:38 Read More »
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    Holtec has decided to dump radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay

    The company decommissioning Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it plans to start discharging radioactive water from the plant into Cape Read More »

  • Rep. Broun: NOAA’s Response to Sandy Service Assessment Inquiry Disappointing (Lubchenco under the weather) !

    “…I am disappointed that you elected not to answer many of my questions,” A series relating to NOAA weather problems! It ain’t fishin’ but it’s all Jane! Read More »

  • New system eases lamprey passage

    Pacific lamprey will now be able to more easily swim past the McNary Lock and Dam on the Columbia River. Dam managers have installed a new Read More »
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    L’Ecume II recovery operation to start as soon as possible states officials

    Herbosch-Kiere Marine Contractors Ltd, a specialist marine contractor, has been commissioned to raise the wreck of L’Ecume II. Herbosch-Kiere is experienced in wreck raises and they Read More »

  • Counsel touts fishery suits as ‘education’ By Richard Gaines – (Peter Shelley said the action was not “hypocritical at all.”)

    In drawing a distinction between a federal lawsuit filed by Attorney General Martha Coakley to halt NOAA’s draconian groundfish catch limits and federal lawsuits like one Read More »
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    Coast Guard rescues 3 after fishing vessel sinks off Myrtle Beach

    Coast Guard crews rescued three fishermen Friday after their fishing vessel sank 45 miles east of Myrtle Beach. The fishermen reported their 33-foot fishing vessel, Aunt Read More »

  • Amid Louisiana’s crawfish shortage, governor issues disaster declaration

    Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued Read More »

  • Savage quota cuts will finish off the New England small boat groundfish fishery

    Fishermen and fishing stakeholders say the darkness that has descended on the Northeast groundfish fishery over the past three years is only going to grow deeper Read More »
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    Search called off for missing Mary’s Harbour fishermen

    The RCMP is calling off search efforts for two missing fishermen in Mary’s Harbour after 10 days and 9,460 square nautical miles of area covered.,, “All Read More »

  • Skipper Dave Marciano of FV Hard Merchandise visits ENHA tour at Cape Pond Ice

    Celebrity NatGeo Skipper Dave Marciano of  stopped by Cape Pond during our ENHA Trails & Sails Saturday morning tour, to sign autographs and settle up his Read More »

  • Fish wars swirl – Commercial and recreational fishermen clash over southern flounder stock

    Not the prettiest nor the most elusive of fish, the flat, oval-shaped southern flounder is nonetheless a tasty staple along the North Carolina coast, whether it’s Read More »

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